Chapter 156: I Also Care About the Guildmaster
"Wow, this guy is really rich!"
Loria, who had stood up from the ground, stared at the principal who had already passed out, muttering to herself nonstop.
With the intention of making some money, she went to search for "treasure" and ended up getting rich when she least expected it.
"I saw this mechanical watch in the display window, and it costs 90,000 Oder coins!"
"This tie is embedded with gemstones, so it must be expensive too."
"Wow, why are there so many medals hidden on this clothing?"
"There's over 8,000 Oder coins in loose change in the wallet. I wonder how much the actual assets are? Oh, there's even a gold card here! So corrupt, it's just too corrupt!"
Loria couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.
Darn it, the Empire gave you the position of principal at the officer school, hoping that you could cultivate talented individuals for the Empire. But what did you do? Not only did you get swayed by heretics, but you also crazily amassed wealth while in the position of principal, without any intention of restraining yourself.
Unfortunately, she was only a knight and didn't have the authority to seize the principal's property on behalf of the people.
"I didn't see anything, really, I didn't see anything."
When Loria turned her head, the nun who had poked her head out of the prayer room was so scared that she sat down on the ground and kept moving backward.
She was extremely scared.
She was just a little nun, who would have expected to suddenly see something so terrifying?
Typically, she would have been silenced, and even before being silenced, there was a possibility of being bullied and losing her innocence.
But luckily, the ones committing the crime today were all women.
Everyone involved was female, so her innocence couldn't be taken away, right?
Sobbing~
Loria hesitated for a moment, then walked quickly towards the nun.
At that moment, the nun kept shouting in her mouth, asking her not to come close. She didn't take it seriously, walked up to her and directly took out 5,000 Oder coins.
Honestly, Loria felt a bit reluctant. Who would want to share their money?
But after all, she was a good girl.
She couldn't do such a thing as killing an innocent person for some money.
5,000 is 5,000. If she sold the things on her body, she should still have over a hundred thousand left. It's not much, but it can still come in handy.
"Take it."
Loria handed the money forward.
However, the frightened nun didn't dare to take it. Instead, she pressed her hands against the ground and kept shaking her head.
Can't put the money in your hand, can't just put it in your mouth, right?
Although she did want to use money to silence the nun, she didn't mean it in a physical sense.
"Everyone gets a share, don't refuse!"
Loria simply stuffed the money into the nun's collar.
"There, it won't fall now."
Loria returned to the guildmaster's side with satisfaction, helped the guildmaster up, and then had Doris, who had just arrived, treat the guildmaster.
When the guildmaster regained some strength, she became the boss in charge.
Who said she had no idea how to clean up the mess in the first place?
Next, it would definitely require the presence of the Empire's high-ranking officials and the followers of the goddess. To contact these people, they had to rely on the guildmaster's connections.
Loria stood to the side and watched as the guildmaster tied up the principal, then playfully rubbed Doris's head.
"We have money again! Once we're done here, I'll take you out for a big meal."
"Mhmm."
Doris squinted her eyes and happily nodded.
Cleaning up the mess took a lot of time. After watching for a while, Loria went to talk with a calming nun about "business".
The battle with the principal helped her find a way to deal with the non-believers.
Believe in the goddess?
What a load of nonsense! Just use the goddess sword to chop down the non-believers!
Loria believed that the goddess wouldn't blame her actions as sacrilegious, but rather reward her.
"The thing I did was to help the goddess eliminate those who think differently, making her beliefs purer. If she wants to punish me for that, then she is being too stingy. What about the promised freedom?"
Can't be true, can't be true. The Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky wouldn't take away even her freedom to use the goddess statue as a weapon, right?
With this thought, Loria felt completely at ease.
"With the power of the goddess, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence, the demons in the ruins, and the Goddess of Hedonism and Dark Moon all at once."
Miss Knight smiled brilliantly.
A pretty face can be very useful.
The previously panicked nun calmed down quite a bit upon seeing this smile.
"Do you have something to say to me?"
"Well..."
Loria found a statue of a goddess in the church that was just the right size and quite hard, perfect for using as a weapon. She wanted the nun to help introduce her to the sculptor and then have several statues custom-made.
It's unclear whether the nun knew exactly what Loria had in mind or simply gave her directions.
"Thank you."
This time, Loria finally had some free time.
With nothing to do, she found a relatively clean spot to sit down and opened the simulator.
She wanted to see how everyone would react to such a big event and also wanted to see if the guildmaster's problems had disappeared or not.
So, in this simulation, she didn't plan on causing trouble for the guildmaster, but instead prepared to stay with the guildmaster until old age.
The plan was perfect, but there was a problem right from the first step.
The principal of the military school was deceived by heretics, turning the school into a breeding ground for their development, causing a huge impact on the empire.
Because there were people with different beliefs more than two years ago, many students from the school have graduated and entered various levels of government work.
How many of these students are people with different beliefs? Did these people with different beliefs continue to recruit others? Do these people with different beliefs have any connection with the Hidden Leader?
A bunch of real but difficult problems are placed in front of everyone, making the already unbearable situation even more dull.
People are afraid, especially afraid that the empire will suddenly collapse.
Even in this world with various mysterious powers, there is no such thing as a thousand-year dynasty. The empire has been founded for over five hundred years, and it is normal for it to eventually come to an end.
Adeline and Loria, who are at the center of the storm, were directly asked to assist in the investigation.
This was originally not a big deal, at most it would just delay a few days of rest.
However, when the thirteenth day of the simulation arrived, Loria's expression couldn't help but change.
[You learned from the newspaper that the rebel army organized by the Hidden Leader attacked near Count Lidilia yesterday.]
"What's going on?"
Loria was a bit confused.
It takes more than ten days to travel from the Province of Claren to Count Lidilia's territory.
The rebel army can indeed reach the vicinity of Count Lidilia's territory within thirteen days by fast marching, but only if they completely ignore the cities and checkpoints along the way.
Loria didn't understand military matters, but she believed that any rational commander wouldn't make such a self-defeating decision in the early stages of a war.
Only later did she realize that it wasn't the Hidden Leader who had a problem, but rather the surrender faction within the empire.
When the Hidden Leader just took control of the Province of Claren, the surrender faction near Count Lidilia's territory surrendered directly, surprising everyone around.
In order to stabilize the situation, the Hidden Leader sent multiple strong assassins and officials to support them.
Loria wasn't sure if the surrender faction could meet up with the Hidden Leader's main force, because when she rushed back to help, she was directly stabbed to death.
"Whether they can meet or not, I must quickly inform Miss Plump Sheep and Lady Luciene."
Loria turns off the simulator.
She's thinking about how to talk to the guildmaster about this.
The good news is that the rebellion happened on the twelfth day, and they only need four days to take the fast train back, which means she still has eight days to react. So she's not in a hurry. She'll handle the principal and them first to avoid any trouble later.
The next two days, the officer school becomes very lively.
The fact that the respected principal is actually a heretic causes a huge sensation among the students.
When the guildmaster, along with the others, decrypted the discovered book, Loria found the master who made the goddess statues and bought three statues in one go.
If it wasn't for the limited space in her inventory, she would have planned to buy more.
On the third day, the followers of the Goddess religion arrived first.
Loria didn't care how they dealt with the principal and Teacher Jose. What she cared about was that the people of the Goddess Sect had deciphered a lost magic in the book she found.
After the simulator confirmed it through a special event verification, it was indeed the magic of the Ruin.
Loria, who was not a follower of demons, couldn't use this magic. But by finding the magic, she completed the special event "Lost Ritual II".
"Yay!"
Loria immediately opened the simulator and began to inventory her findings this time.
The rewards this time were still four.
[Event completed, rewards generated:
1. God Descending Card.
2. Inventory upgrade card.
3. Skill Advancement Cards.
4. 15 free attribute points.
Unlike the previous times, this time's reward doesn't have any skills or talents, but its value is not lacking at all.
The "God Descending Card" is a rare and precious item, using it allows Loria to borrow a tiny bit of power from the Goddess of Hedonism and Dark Moon.
Don't underestimate this tiny bit of power, it can increase Loria's endurance, spirit, and intelligence by 100 points, and grant her the special ability to charm others.
Although the effect of the "God Descending Card" only lasts for ten minutes, it's enough for Loria to deal with most opponents.
The benefits of upgrading the inventory card go without saying. After using it, the volume of the inventory directly increases from 10 cubic meters to 50 cubic meters. Not only can it hold more things, but many things that were too long to fit in before can now be stored.
"Once the volume increases a bit more, I will be able to directly take someone else's house with me without any trouble, unlike now when I have to touch a corpse to obtain it."
Loria reached out and tapped the virtual screen, first using the Skill Advancement Card on Insightful Perception, raising it to a higher level, thus being able to view the data panel of an A-level adventurer.
Then, she added all 15 attribute points to endurance at once.
[Attributes]: Strength 85, Agility 71, Endurance 179, Intelligence 30, Spirit 73, Charisma 14.
The improvement is very noticeable.
Loria believes that she can become a B-level adventurer in just one more month at most.
The progress she made is indescribable. However, in the current chaotic world, if someone discovered her rapid growth, she would definitely be captured for research, and someone might even notice that she has a simulator.
"The guildmaster, let's go back."
"Go back?"
The guildmaster looked at Loria, who walked into the room, with a shocked expression.
Tomorrow, she also plans to investigate this cult with the followers of the Goddess.
Loria sat down next to the guildmaster and said, "You have successfully exposed the existence of that evil demon. No one will suffer like the younger sister anymore. There's no need to continue chasing after it. Let the professionals handle it. We just need to wait for the investigation results from the Goddess Sect."
The guildmaster shook his head and said, "We promised to put an end to all of this, so we can't stop here."
Loria looked out through the window at the chilly night sky and asked, "Is the guildmaster still feeling guilty about what happened to the younger sister?"
"It's not easy to move on from something like this," said the guildmaster.
Loria nodded and said, "I understand, but the guildmaster, you have already done enough. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should consider the people who care about you."
"People who care about me?"
"Like Count Lidilia, like Tracy, like Miss Yukihime, like Lady Luciene," Loria paused and locked eyes with the guildmaster before pointing at herself. "And me, I'm also worried about your safety, the guildmaster."
As she said these words, it was as if she had broken through a barrier. She wasn't shy at all, but rather incredibly brave.
"Just like how the guildmaster once worried about the safety of the younger sister, I also worry about your safety, the guildmaster. You don't want to see the younger sister in danger, or anyone else suffering like her. I don't want to see you getting into trouble because of this. So, let's stop and go back tomorrow."
Loria slowly slid her right hand along the desk and finally grabbed the guildmaster's left hand which was placed on the table.
The guildmaster didn't struggle, allowing her to hold it.
Silence lasted for a long time.
Maybe it was five minutes, maybe it was ten minutes.
Then the guildmaster moved Loria's hand aside, stood up, and said to the slightly worried Loria, "Do you want to take a bath? Afterward, we can start packing up and go back tomorrow."
"Okay!"
Loria immediately stood up.
Clearly, the guildmaster was inviting her to take a bath together. How could she be afraid at this moment?
In the warm water, Adeline's golden long hair piled up on top of her head, just as steady as her full breasts resting on the edge of the bathtub.
She squinted her eyes and let Loria gently rub her back with a cloth.
"When I went to Creek Town, I felt like I would spend my whole life alone. Someone said that I, in my twenties, was full of gloom, just like a sixty or seventy year old. Is it still the same now?"
Loria's eyes focused on a water droplet.
The water droplet slid down the guildmaster's spine, sliding past the waist, and continued downwards into an unspoken abyss.
She quickly shook her head, "No, how could the guildmaster have gloom on her, it's clearly all vitality... and spirit."
"I'll take your word for it." the guildmaster turned over, facing upward. "Let me help you rub too."
"Alright."
Actually, Loria really wanted the guildmaster to help her rub her front.
But when she thought about the possibility of getting distracted by adult content and delaying important matters, she temporarily dismissed that idea.
Take your time.
Even though she hasn't confessed her feelings to the guildmaster yet, the things she and the guildmaster have been doing are like what an old married couple would do.
The feeling of things falling into place is quite nice and matches her image of enjoying spontaneity.
The next day, the two bid farewell to the people at school and set off on the road back to Count Lidilia, feeling relaxed.
Before setting off, Loria simulated again and this time she successfully figured out the outcome of those surrendering factions.
The surrendering factions ultimately didn't encounter the main forces of the Hidden Leader, but the damage they caused was quite terrible. Count Lidilia not only lost many people, but people in the surrounding territories suffered as well.
When it comes to people close to her, Loria cannot afford to be careless.
Originally, the guildmaster wanted to take a slow train back so that they could wander around with Loria on the way, like going on a mini-trip.
However, due to Loria's insistence, she had to reluctantly give up this plan and instead hire a fast car.
It's strange to say.
"Why is Loria in such a hurry to go back, rushing to go home? If there's any urgency, it should be me who's in a rush, right? Could it be that she's in a hurry to go back to see someone?"
Images of Yukihime and Lady Luciene kept appearing in the guildmaster's mind, then she remembered the words Loria said to her the night before. Suddenly, she felt uneasy in her heart.
Never mind, why should she think about these things?
The journey is long, so close your eyes and rest.
Four days later, Loria stepped foot on the land controlled by Count Lidilia.
She couldn't afford any delay and immediately began her investigation into the surrenderists.
